The Swiss federal tax administration has recently calculated the tax burden in the Swiss cantons and municipalities for 2011, and has published the figures in its publication “Tax burden in Switzerland: cantonal capitals – 2011 cantonal figures”.
At the same time, the federal tax administration published on its website thematic maps and graphs showing and comparing the tax burden on individuals in all municipalities in the Confederation.
According to the Federal Department of Finance (FDF), the federal tax administration’s publication serves to highlight the clear disparity in the tax burden arising from cantonal, municipal and communal taxes. It shows the tax burden from taxes on income and on wealth for individuals, from taxes imposed on the net profits and capital of legal persons, from taxes levied on motor vehicles, and from taxes levied on inheritance.
The FDF states that the thematic maps and graphs published on the website and pertaining to the tax burden on income and wealth of individuals in all municipalities in Switzerland paint a contrasting picture. The maps show the total tax burden from cantonal, municipal, church and direct federal tax for the following taxpayers:
Single households;
Single-income married couples without children;
Single-income married couple with children;
Pensioners.
Concluding its release, the FDF notes that a tax simulator will provide an approximate calculation of the actual individual tax burden.
An example, taken from the graphic representation of the 2011 tax burden on single households without children and with a gross income of CHF60,000 (USD61,893), there was an average tax burden ranging from around 4.5% of gross income in the Swiss canton of Zug to an average of around 15.5% in Neuchâtel.
This is nothing to pay in tax compared to most countries in Europe :thumbsUp:
At the same time, the federal tax administration published on its website thematic maps and graphs showing and comparing the tax burden on individuals in all municipalities in the Confederation.
According to the Federal Department of Finance (FDF), the federal tax administration’s publication serves to highlight the clear disparity in the tax burden arising from cantonal, municipal and communal taxes. It shows the tax burden from taxes on income and on wealth for individuals, from taxes imposed on the net profits and capital of legal persons, from taxes levied on motor vehicles, and from taxes levied on inheritance.
The FDF states that the thematic maps and graphs published on the website and pertaining to the tax burden on income and wealth of individuals in all municipalities in Switzerland paint a contrasting picture. The maps show the total tax burden from cantonal, municipal, church and direct federal tax for the following taxpayers:
Single households;
Single-income married couples without children;
Single-income married couple with children;
Pensioners.
Concluding its release, the FDF notes that a tax simulator will provide an approximate calculation of the actual individual tax burden.
An example, taken from the graphic representation of the 2011 tax burden on single households without children and with a gross income of CHF60,000 (USD61,893), there was an average tax burden ranging from around 4.5% of gross income in the Swiss canton of Zug to an average of around 15.5% in Neuchâtel.
This is nothing to pay in tax compared to most countries in Europe :thumbsUp:
